Sunday Hangovers

• Lilith Saintcrow offers some thoughts about why it's so easy to dismiss urban fantasy: pt. 1 and (a rebuttal to some incensed comments in) pt. 2.
• Sarah Rees Brennan offers a typically excellent and insightful post about YA covers, and the different styles that have been popular in recent years.
• Breaking! It's a Wonderful Life actually kind of bleak. (Also, deeply strange. I love it. C has still never seen it!)
• Libba Bray compiles a treatise on and list of the worst make-out songs of all time, songs that make it impossible to smooch. Your suggestions welcome in the comments.
• Tomi Ungerer's work returns to print. This piece is an excellent primer on his delightful infamy.
• Michael Dirda highlights some excellent small presses (Big Mouth!) and recommends some creepy fiction. 
• More fascinating thoughts from Nicola, spurred by the now-developing creative coop.
• David Simon made some DVD recs on Morning Edition the other day, and was thoroughly interesting and charming. Worth a listen, especially for Wire fans.
• Fans of The Middleman may want to check this out.